Markove : Our First Chapter
2016 is turning out to be a phenomenal year for American Hard Dance Music. Seeing three tours; KTRA, Unite and Trauma Harderstyles Tour. A two day all Hard Dance festival compliments of the Insomniac Basscon team. An explosion of smaller club events all across the country topped with a magnificent cherry on top, the release…
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BPM Boost: Exploring Hardcore: A Brief History
As the millennial generation hordes to the main stage festivals, the overplayed pop sensations and the Zach Efron wannabes, a sect of hard-mother-fuckers slowly grows in the darkness. Compared to their rainbow bright, happy-go-lucky EDM counterparts, these fans may seem the farthest thing from “Ravers” as the image MTV has painted for the general population.…
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BPM Boost: Basscon’s Sweet Lineup And Two-Tier Event
Ringing in the new year, with an epic face-off between Bass Music and Hard Dance, Insomniac’s Bassrush vs Basscon was just the beginning of the wild, bass themed agenda for 2016. Not only did the Entertainment company close out 2015 with a remarkable blend of Euphoric Hardstyle and Rawstyle at “Sanctuary”, they began the new…
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Exploring Subground II: Hard Dance Hits The Clubs
Subground over the past five years has grown from a small idea, to a new genre of music all together. Staying relevant in today’s world means you need to constantly evolve your style. In Activator’s case, it was more or so to create an entirely new genre of music all together. Five years ago (2010)…
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Media: Basscon Sanctuary 2015
BPM Boost Presents: Hard Holiday '15 Artists, Anthem & More
A line-up of artists that is anything but ‘mellow’. Hard Holiday, Saturday December 19th is promising to be a unique event, especially when compared to what the American Hard Dance has seen before. (And why we’re taking the time to share this event with you.) Boasting some massive names in talent shipped all the…
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BPM Boost: Exploring Subground
Subground is a fairly new Hard Dance genre, created in early 2011 by Activator. Initially inspired by the German producers Kamui and UK producers Organ Donors, he decided he wanted to create a new genre of Hard Dance music as an alternative to Hardstyle. He wanted to somehow combine the Hard Dance scene with the…
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Halloween With Hardstyle: Presented By Mrotek and BPM Boost
We wanted to give out a special treat this Halloween. With the help of a good friend and talented Hardstyle Dj/Producer Mrotek. BPM Boost proudly presents episode one of our monthly podcast. Mrotek is a young DJ and Producer stationed in Phoenix, Arizona. A story teller. An artist. A savant? Mrotek has only been ‘on the…
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The Forsaken Traitors: When Hard Dance DJ’s Cross Over To The ‘Dark Side’
We’ve seen it time and time again over the years, and not just in the Hard Dance scene. As different genres of EDM become more ‘profitable’ we see more and more DJ’s cross over into those genres. A few months go by, a new flavor rises and inexplicitly a massive amount of DJ’s cross over…
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BPM Boost: HTID USA 2015 – Event Review
The heavily anticipated HTID USA 2015 was indubitably a success. The old school rave vibe was brought alive once again by numerous talented artists from across the globe, and the colorful crowd. Stratus Event Center was dolled up with epic lighting and sound, inside and out, for both stages during the two-day event. Seeing so…
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